A pipeline segment command can only use the RMS sequential file access method to read and write to the pipes. Certain OpenVMS utilities may access their input and output files using methods other than sequential access. These operations are not supported in a pipeline, and will fail, as in the following example: $ PIPE CC/NOOBJ/NOLIS TEST.C | SEARCH SYS$INPUT/WIND=(1,1) "%cc-w-" %SEARCH-F-RFAERR, RMS error using RFA access -RMS-F-RAC, invalid record access mode In this example, the /WINDOW qualifier for the SEARCH command requires the relative file access method.